A degree in chemical engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #70 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Florida ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 358 degrees in chemical engineering annually.
The chem eng program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Chemical Engineering rankings. We derive our Best Overall Chemical Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Florida list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the chem eng degree levels they offer.
University of Florida is a good option for students pursuing a degree in chemical engineering. UF is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were about 140 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the chemical engineering major at University of Florida get $13,347 above the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
Any student who is interested in chemical engineering needs to take a look at Florida State University. Florida State is a very large public university located in the city of Tallahassee. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 62 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the chem eng program report average early career income of $70,797.
University of South Florida - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in chemical engineering. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 123 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at USF Tampa in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the chem eng program make around $70,659 in their early career salary.
Any student pursuing a degree in chemical engineering needs to take a look at Florida Institute of Technology. Located in the city of Melbourne, Florida Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. This school ranks 9th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 28 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Florida Tech in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the chem eng program state that they receive average early career wages of $53,145.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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